Ando was removed from the national team in January. Reportedly it was her voluntary withdrawal. There is no development to reinstate her status since then. As long the rule goes, they can assign only national team athletes to international competitions.

Ando is supposed to be monitored at Kanto regionals and Eastern Japan sectionals. Upon considering her scores and technical contents (just winning is not enough), they will decide whether she can be reinstated, and assigned to a senior B competition in order to gain the (Olympic) minimum scores. If she failed the test, she will lose any chance for Sochi regardless of the results at Japanese nationals.